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Yup, Risk for me.

Spent many an evening in the 90's with some mates playing this, usually world domination and it went on for hours.
Really draws you in with the strategy side of things and then paranoia sets in when you are trying to protect your borders.

Just bought a classic version from the 80's, mint and sealed similar to the one we played back in the day.
I can't be doing with those fancy plastic game pieces of the later versions.
Been meaning to teach it to my eldest daughter and her boyfriend, see how they cope with my megalomaniac tendencies

And long may it continue.
Can't move on from this game despite the fancy graphics offered by today's titles.
And I'm a sentimental old git.

I also decided to re-arrange Rudolph and his wife on my sis-in law's front lawn.

Rudolph's red bit wasn't where you expected it to be.

I think it means you will be kicked without warning if you misbehave in future.

You may become 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' at the rate you are going as well.

"as meaning to make false claims, with the result that subsequent true claims are disbelieved."

70's and early 80's was where it was at.

Mr Ben, Mary, Mungo & Midge, Land Of The Giants, Lost In Space, UFO, Hector's House, anything by Hanna-Barbera 
Well that's what was on in the UK back in the day.
Eeeee, when I were a lad, we only had 3 channels to choose from which had to be switched over by getting up and walking to the b&w 14" tv and turning a knob.

Sentimental old git that I am.

Yup, and yet get a couple of  intelligent scouts who know how to spot in certain maps and that team has a great advantage.

Sadly, as you say, most are noobs playing out their 'Day Of The Jackal' fantasy.

Trying to work out why 'he who is wise' posted this in the 'Feedback Thread' and not 'Off Topic' thread.

Am I being too harsh on one of our elderly brothers?

That's not strictly true, I've often shot blind when no scouts are spotting and it's pot luck.
I definitely do it on Omaha from the def gun out to sea and keep adjusting trajectory till I see the crosshairs register a hit on the ship but that's not pixel shooting. That's just firing blindly and adjusting until you hit the bugger.

On other maps, sometimes I hit enemy, sometimes I score a tk but if no scouts are putting in a shift then why not.

I assume pixel shooting to be firing arty from a def gun which is static and using a fixed point of reference such as a cloud, a particular bump in a hill you are shooting over or any other static object on the map.

Serious pixel shooters have probably worked out all the reference points in single player and maybe even have markers stuck on their screen

Mobile arty is a little more tricky as you can't be exactly sure you are in the exact place you need to be before firing I guess.

No shit, Sherlock.

This is just standard noobness that we have to put up with, can't believe there's a thread discussing it.

Like the noobs that don't understand arty vehicles and where to place them when using them.

It's strange that the centre flag is key to winning this map given that it spawns no vehicles but I guess is almost a border post between Axis and Allies that depending on who owns it can control (with zooks) enemy traffic passing through.

I've seen it 50 - 50, either the Allies park their tanks on the front lawn of Axis base or vice versa.

Key to winning Aberdeen is intelligent scouts spotting but sadly there are not many of those.

Oh, and of course an intelligent APC driver who can park up in the right places out of sight and have the sense to remain in the vehicle so it does not become visible to the enemy.
Seen quite a few good APC drivers on all maps actually.

You need to use a bit of common sense here and not lay mines immediately at the start of a CTF round.
This will allow members of your team to get off base asap without having to worry about what route they take.

It's not like the other team are going to come storming in straight at the start.

If I had my way I wouldn't allow placing mines or expacks around the flag, it's cheap gameplay in my opinion not to mention the risk of blowing up your own team mate if he returns with the enemy flag.

Problem with Coral Sea and BoB is that players simply don't get it.

Every player should spawn as engineer, repair then fly.

I've seen noobs spawning as sniper on these maps.

Bit confused about your post though Albo, set a limit for maps that have players leaving anyway?

He's very annoying, I'd have shot him in the back and done our teammates a favour.
Check out the funny Hell Let Loose moments on YT, some are hilarious.
Definitely going to get this game, looks very polished.

No Motorsport in Switzerland which is a bit of a bummer